We extend universal moral grammar theory (UMGT) with non-monotonic logic. Our experiment shows that such revision is necessary as it allows to account for the effects of alleviations and aggravations in moral reasoning. Our new theory updates UMGT from classical to non-monotonic logic, which reflects the incompleteness of information and uncertainty in actual human reasoning. In addition, it provides an explanation of the paradoxical findings in the moral dilemma of the Trolley problem and the Knobe effect.
A Non-monotonic Extension of Universal Moral Grammar Theory / Munneke, G. -J.; Szymanik, J.. - (2015), pp. 1667-1672. ( 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Mind, Technology, and Society, CogSci 2015 Austin 2015).
A Non-monotonic Extension of Universal Moral Grammar Theory
Szymanik, J.
2015-01-01
Abstract
We extend universal moral grammar theory (UMGT) with non-monotonic logic. Our experiment shows that such revision is necessary as it allows to account for the effects of alleviations and aggravations in moral reasoning. Our new theory updates UMGT from classical to non-monotonic logic, which reflects the incompleteness of information and uncertainty in actual human reasoning. In addition, it provides an explanation of the paradoxical findings in the moral dilemma of the Trolley problem and the Knobe effect.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione
